Velikan Point

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Location of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Smith Island.

Velikan Point (Bulgarian: нос Великан, ‘Nos Velikan’ \'nos ve-li-'kan\) is the ice-covered point on the southwest side of the entrance to Nikolov Cove on the southeast coast of Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The point is named after the settlement of Velikan in Southern Bulgaria.

Velikan Point is located at 62°58′19.4″S 62°25′13″W / 62.972056°S 62.42028°W / -62.972056; -62.42028, which is 12.65 km southwest of Cape Smith, 4.3 km northeast of Sredets Point and 4.15 km southeast of Drinov Peak. Bulgarian mapping in 2009 and 2017.

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